WasteOfTheDay: Injured Philly Cops Stay Home Longer Than Needed

The doctors selected by the Philadelphia police union to treat injured cops on Pennsylvania’s generous Heart and Lung disability benefit have questionable practices and often keep cops out of work for much longer than accepted treatment guidelines recommend.

About 20 years ago, the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 negotiated the ability to choose its own disability doctors, repeatedly recruiting physicians with questionable practices, according to an investigative report by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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